SAO PAULO, Brazil – After a period when trades were halted, coffee roasters resumed purchasing coffee in the Brazilian market, mainly Robusta beans and mid-quality Arabica, in the first fortnight of May. The purchased volume, however, was limited, once the availability of these types of coffee ...
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Quotes of arabica and robusta coffee dropped in the Brazilian market in April. The CEPEA/ESALQ Index of arabica type 6, hard cup or better (delivered in São Paulo city), dropped 3.72% between March 31 and April 28, closing at 457.68 BRL (144.24 USD) per 60-kilo bag on April 28 – the lowest value in real terms since ...
BOGOTA, Colombia – Seeking to strengthen ties with the world's leading coffee producer and exporter, executives of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) visited Brazil recently. Roberto Vélez, CEO of the FNC; Hernando Duque, the FNC Chief Technical Officer; Álvaro Gaitán, director of Cenicafé, and Juan Esteban Orduz ...
MILAN – Coffee production in Brazil is likely to drop between 15 and 20 percent on year due to the off-year in the biennial cycle, according to Joseph Reiner - global head of coffee for Chinese commodities group COFCO. The estimate is based on a field survey led by the company’s research team in the past weeks.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Quotes of Robusta coffee dropped in the Brazilian market in the first fortnight of April, pressed down mainly by the harvesting advance in Rondônia, the nearness of harvesting activities in Espírito Santo and the return of the Funrural (Rural Workers' Assistance Fund) charge.
SEOUL, South Korea – Capsule coffee brand Nescafe Dolce Gusto has launched a limited-edition single-origin Brazilian capsule, the company said Thursday. The Catuai do Brazil capsule contains Catuai Arabica, chosen by Dolce Gusto’s coffee creators out of the 50 kinds of Arabica beans grown by the South American company.
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam exported 2.8 million bags of coffee last month, topping Brazil's shipments of 2.71 million bags. Vietnam exported 168,000 tons, or 2.8 million bags, of coffee last month, beating the world's biggest producer Brazil to become the world's largest exporter of the commodity for the second ...
MILAN – Italy-based global coffee roaster and marketer Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group is interested in buying a strong brand in Brazil to increase its presence in Latin America, the company’s COO Pascal Héritier said yesterday on the sidelines of a conference in Milan. Heritier said the group was looking for a brand with a good distribution network ...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Minas Gerais (Brazil) demonstrated the excellence of its specialty coffees at the 26th Ernesto Illy Award for Quality Coffee for Espresso. Arabica beans from three different regions within the state were recognized as the best of the 2016/2017 crop by the illycaffè prize, which elected CBI Agropecuária, from Chapada de Minas ...
MILAN – Shipments of coffee in all forms out of Brazil totalled 2.483.057 bags in February, down 15.5% from the same month last year, the Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé) reported last week. The drop in shipments was attributed to slower sales by farmers who preferred to wait for better prices.